Shaffer Experiment

Detention has been paid every time since the new policy went into effect 1/1/15. Detention pay is not significant at all. Running less miles and less restful with Shaffer. Less restful due to a lot of 15 to 20 hr breaks waiting for pickup and delivery appt times to arrive. Since I find myself unable to sleep more than probably 9 hrs, that means I start my 14 hr clock often after already being awake for 6 or more hrs. Thus my sleep schedule gets flip flopped often and many times your still driving 20 hrs or so after waking. The only way I see that it could be said that Shaffer could have an edge would be if the miles were equal but they are not. So to this point, I see Crete as a better experience.

 

Ralph isn't the only Crete driver that claims that level of production. Even on elogs, which I have always been on. These guys that accomplish this are not home much. It takes 328 days at the 434.69 that I averaged with Crete to reach Ralph's #s. Still leaving him 37 days off per year. Some guys are ok with that. Last I checked there were still some drivers on paper also. Does Crete post the mileage of their overall Driver of the Year? The only one I've met that claimed to have won that once was an elderly long time Crete driver that was still on paper. And he claimed he regularly did 140k miles per year and it took 150k miles to get the DOY award.

 

I am finding that Shaffer is extremely reluctant to allow a driver to switch to Crete.

 

Another observation. Crete/Shaffer's recent xm radio ad campaigns are claiming: an average of 2900 miles with Crete for FULL weeks out and 2700 miles with Shaffer for FULL weeks out. Crete's 2900 × .45 = $1305.00 and Shaffer's 2700 × .48 = $1296.00. Again, essentially a wash from an income perspective.
A FULL week out (7 days), is modest #s: Crete 414.28 miles per day and Shaffer 385.71 miles per day.
With Crete and Shaffer, I have averaged 20/21 miles per day more than the advertised #s. Doing 434.64 with Crete and 406.86 with Shaffer.